Procedural ethos: Confirming the persuasive in serious games

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 70-80

  Evans, Michael A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Game development; Instructional design; Persuasive games; Procedural ethos; Procedural rhetoric; Serious games

Indexed keywords

GAME DEVELOPMENT; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; PERSUASIVE GAMES; PROCEDURAL ETHOS; PROCEDURAL RHETORIC; SERIOUS GAMES;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84860534636     PISSN: 19423888     EISSN: 19423896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgcms.2011100105     Document Type: Article

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